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{{Politics of Sweden}}
The '''third cabinet of Hjalmar Branting''' ({{langx|sv|Regeringen Branting III}}) was the cabinet of [[Sweden]] between 14 October 1924 and 24 February 1925.
When the cabinet of Prime Minister [[Ernst Trygger]] resigned on 14 October 1924, [[Hjalmar Branting]] took office as [[prime minister]] for the third time. For health reasons, Branting stepped down on 19 January 1925, five weeks before his death on 24 February. Commerce and Industry Minister [[Rickard Sandler]] took office in Branting's place.
==Background==
After an even election result in the [[1921 Swedish general election|general election, 1921]] the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]] got 104 seats in [[Parliament of Sweden|the Riksdag]], but the [[Moderate Party|Right party]] and the [[Farmers' League]] did also increased theirs. Both sides took votes from the liberals. King [[Gustaf V]] had tried to ask [[Carl Gustaf Ekman]] to form a government based on the Right party, but without success. He then turned to Hjalmar Branting, whom declared that he would form a [[social democracy|social democratic]] government, not a [[coalition government]]. After many discussions, the party formed a cabinet, with newer and younger names as ministers, excluding older and more known names.
The government decreased the fundings of the [[Swedish Armed Forces|defence forces]]. When Branting got ill in November 1924, it was clear that he would not recover. [[Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson]] were the self-evident successor, but he also got sick. On 19 January 1925, Branting declared his resignation as prime minister. After many discussions in the cabinet, he was succeeded by [[Rickard Sandler]] on 22 January.
==Ministers and Ministries==
{| class="wikitable"
! width="310" | Portfolio
! Minister
! Took office
! Left office
|-
| colspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Rosenbad|Prime Minister's Office]]'''
|-
| [[Prime Minister of Sweden|Prime Minister]],<br/>Head of the Prime Minister's Office
| [[Hjalmar Branting]]
| 14 October 1924
| 24 February 1925
|-
| colspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Ministry for Foreign Affairs]]'''
|-
| [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]],<br />Head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
| [[Östen Undén]]
| 14 October 1924
| 24 February 1925
|-
| colspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Justice (Sweden)|Ministry of Justice]]'''
|-
| [[Minister for Justice (Sweden)|Minister for Justice]],<br />Head of the Ministry of Justice
| [[Torsten Nothin]]
| 14 October 1924
| 24 February 1925
|-
| colspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Defence (Sweden)|Ministry of Defence]]'''
|-
| [[Minister for Defence (Sweden)|Minister for Defence]],<br />Head of the Ministry of Defence
| [[Per Albin Hansson]]
| 14 October 1924
| 24 February 1925
|-
| colspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Sweden)|Ministry of Health and Social Affairs]]'''
|-
| [[Minister for Health and Social Affairs (Sweden)|Minister for Health and Social Affairs]],<br />Head of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
| [[Gustav Möller]]
| 14 October 1924
| 24 February 1925
|-
| colspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Communications (Sweden)|Ministry of Communications]]'''
|-
| [[Minister for Infrastructure (Sweden)|Minister of Communications]]
| [[Viktor Larsson]]
| 14 October 1924
| 24 February 1925
|-
| colspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Finance (Sweden)|Ministry of Finance]]'''
|-
| [[Minister for Finance (Sweden)|Minister for Finance]]
| [[Fredrik Vilhelm Thorsson]]
| 14 October 1924
| 24 February 1925
|-
| colspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs]]'''
|-
| Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs
| [[Olof Olsson (1872-1939)|Olof Olsson]]
| 14 October 1924
| 24 February 1925
|-
| colspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Agriculture (Sweden)|Ministry of Agriculture]]'''
|-
| Minister of Agriculture
| [[Sven Linders]]
| 14 October 1924
| 24 February 1925
|-
| colspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Sweden)|Ministry of Commerce and Industry]]'''
|-
| [[Minister of Commerce and Industry (Sweden)|Minister of Commerce and Industry]]
| [[Rickard Sandler]]
| 14 October 1924
| 24 February 1925
|-
| colspan="4" align="center" | '''Other Ministers'''
|-
| rowspan="3" | Konsultativt statsråd
| [[Rickard Sandler]]
| 14 October 1924
| 24 February 1925
|-
| [[Ernst Wigforss]]
| 14 October 1924
| 24 February 1925
|-
| [[Karl Levinson]]
| 14 October 1924
| 24 February 1925
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.sweden.gov.se/ The Government and the Government Offices of Sweden]
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